Editing Carnegie Mellon University (section)

=== Traditions ===
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[[File:The Fence at Carnegie Mellon University.jpg|thumb|right|The Fence]]
In the early days of Carnegie Tech, there was a single bridge connecting Margaret Morrison Women's College with the Carnegie Institute of Technology. The bridge was a meeting place for students. In 1916, the bridge was taken down and the university filled in the area. The administration built a wooden fence as a new meeting place. The students did not understand why anyone would want to meet at a fence. The administration was about to give up and tear it down, but that night a fraternity, as a prank, painted the entire fence advertising a fraternity party. Ever since, painting the Fence has been a Carnegie Mellon tradition.<ref>{{cite web|title=Walking Tour|url=http://www.cmu.edu/walkingtour/|publisher=Carnegie Mellon University |access-date=February 18, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516000420/http://www.cmu.edu/walkingtour/|archive-date=May 16, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Fence at Carnegie Mellon lies at the center of campus, in the area known as "the Cut". Students guard the fence 24 hours a day, and, as long as two vigils are maintained, no other student may "take" the fence. The fence can then be painted by the group that has it, but only between midnight and 6 am. Only hand brushes may be used; the use of spray paint or paint rollers is considered vandalism and results in a fine. The previous paint cannot be stripped, and each new painting adds a new layer. The original wooden fence finally collapsed in the 1990s due to the weight from over 1' of surrounding paint, and was immediately replaced with an identical one manufactured from concrete. Today the fence is considered "the world's most painted object" by the ''[[Guinness Book of World Records]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Fence |url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-fence |access-date=October 18, 2022 |website=Atlas Obscura |language=en |archive-date=September 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922105820/https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-fence |url-status=live }}</ref>